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USA

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Slow growth  of the U.S. unauthorized foreign-born population during the 2010s

February 3, 2025 Jennifer Van Hook
immigrants, migrant, USA

Despite a  large number of unauthorized immigrants entering the United States across the U.S.-Mexico border, the size of the undocumented foreign-born population remained almost constant at around 11 million between … Read more

Families and households

America’s single-parent households and missing fathers 

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 Joseph Chamie
Americas, Children, Family, Household, USA

America leads the world in single-parent household rates, with the large majority of those households missing a father. Despite the public’s recognition of the importance of two-parent households for children … Read more

Families and households

Child care in America

January 13, 2025December 9, 2024 Joseph Chamie
Americas, Children, Family, Household, USA

America is facing a child care crisis: care services are costly and scarce and fail to meet the needs of families. The majority of U.S. voters, Joseph Chamie opines, feel … Read more

Families and households

Unilateral divorce legislation supported the rise in educational homogamy in the US

October 7, 2024 Geghetsik Afunts and Stepan Jurajda
Divorces, homogamy, Marriage, USA

The introduction of unilateral divorce legislation in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to spikes in divorce rates, coincided with rising educational assortative matching into marriage. Geghetsik … Read more

Health and mortality

Self-rated health trends by gender and race in the USA, 1972-2018

March 13, 2024March 11, 2024 Jason L. Cummings
gender equality, gender gap, Gender issues, Health, racial disparities, USA

Are Americans feeling better or worse since the 1970s and does this pattern vary by gender and race? Jason L. Cummings explores U.S. trends in self-rated health inequalities over the … Read more

Families and households

Trends in child support agreements in the US, 1993-2018

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Maria Cancian, Molly A. Costanzo and Daniel R. Meyer
Children, Couples, divorce, Household, Marriage, Separations, USA

What are the trends in the prevalence of child support agreements in the US? Apparently declining, based on frequently used stock data, but in fact stable or even on the … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Fertility and nuptiality of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 Lyman Stone
Children, Fertility, jew, Marriage, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish, USA

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are known to have high fertility, but details are difficult to investigate because questions about religion and fertility are rarely asked together in surveys. Lyman Stone’s ingenious … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Sociodemographic disparities in co-impairment in the older U.S. population

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Shubhankar Sharma, Jo Mhairi Hale, Mikko Myrskylä and Hill Kulu
aeging, Health, USA

The under-investigated issue of co-impairment (cognitive impairment and limitations in basic activities of daily living) is more prevalent than commonly believed. Shubhankar Sharma, Jo Mhairi Hale, Mikko Myrskylä and Hill … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in the US Hispanic population

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Elizabeth Arias and Betzaida Tejada-Vera
covid-19, immigration, USA, Work

In the United States, the Hispanic population was hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than the majority (non-Hispanic White) population. Elizabeth Arias and Betzaida Tejada-Vera investigate the matter and highlight … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Fertility differentials in the USA: the interplay of ethnicity and education

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Emma Zang and Aparajita Kaphle
Education, ethnic groups, Fertility, USA

Black women in the US have higher fertility than White women, but this difference does not emerge consistently at all educational levels. Emma Zang and Aparajita Kaphle document these education-specific … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Racial disparities in the adverse socio-economic outcomes of COVID-19 in the United States

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Deepthi Kolady and Weiwei Zhang
covid-19, racial disparities, USA, Work

Racial disparities in socio-economic and health outcomes are a topic of concern in the United States. As Deepthi Kolady and Weiwei Zhang show, they have also played a major role … Read more

Health and mortality

America’s high homicide rate

February 6, 2023 Joseph Chamie
homicide rate, Mortality, USA

America leads advanced developed countries in terms of guns per capita and homicide rates, although with substantial variation by state, gender, and major racial/ethnic groups. Given its policies on police, … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

The missing consequences of birth spacing on child outcomes

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 Kieron Barclay
Americas, birth rate, Children, USA

Short birth intervals are often believed to be detrimental for children. While this may be true in some (poor) settings, and for some birth outcomes (preterm birth and low birth … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Changing attitudes may explain the decline in US birth rates since 2007

March 21, 2022 Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine
birth rate, Children, USA

The US birth rate has fallen since the 2007 Great Recession, with no signs of reversing. This decline has occurred among women of different age subgroups, education levels, races and … Read more

Health and mortality

America’s pandemic of the unvaccinated

March 14, 2022 Joseph Chamie
Americas, coronavirus, covid-19, Health, Mortality, USA

The politicization of COVID-19 has changed America’s coronavirus pandemic from a serious public health concern into a major political issue and has contributed to vaccine avoidance. With many Americans declining … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

The effect of migration on the fertility of Chinese women in the USA

January 13, 2022 Wanli Nie and Pau Baizan
Asia, china, Migration, USA, woman

In the years between 1975 and 2005, migrants from China to the US were more likely to have a second and third birth than non-migrant Chinese. Wanli Nie and Pau … Read more

Graphics

Did you know?

January 30, 2022November 29, 2021 N-IUSSP
coronavirus, covid-19, England, graphics, Health, Mortality, USA

Mortality rates by vaccination status reveal that mortality is much higher among the unvaccinated.Conversely, absolute numbers (deaths by vaccination status) give no indication about the virus-protecting action of vaccines.

Video

Open doors for the American dream. Reagan’s last speech as president (1989).

May 17, 2021April 15, 2019 N-IUSSP
Americas, immigrant, immigration, migrant, USA, video

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